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Malinda Lo’s National Book Award-winning Last Night at the Telegraph Club, the blockbuster Blackout, and Angie Thomas’s latest are just some of the 25 YA titles that made our Best Books of 2021. 

Books and music have a lot in common. Both can convey different reactions and emotional responses in people just by their names alone. This short list shares a few book titles that are also song titles. Readers may come to these books for their titles, and stay for their engaging plot lines.

This eclectic roundup of YA titles features the latest by Anna-Marie McLemore, Indigenous literature from Latin America, and some delectable rom-coms.

YA retellings of Jane Austen, fairy-tales, and Shakespeare abound. How often do you read an updated version of Frank R. Stockton’s 1882 short story “The Lady, or the Tiger?” The following selections refresh lesser-known works from a teen perspective.

Hand these books to fans of the trilogy based on RL Stine's bestselling series.

These rom-com–loving characters meta-spin the genre and push the boundaries of familiar tropes as they star and upend in their own love stories.

From biographies of Olympians to fictional mysteries and romance, get young readers excited for the Tokyo Games competition and drama with these titles.

With stunning secrets and riveting reveals, these YA mysteries and thrillers will give readers chills.

These genre-blending works of historical fiction highlight long-held truths and feel as immediate as any contemporary story.